WDW Resorts say Bye-bye to Smoking!

sleepyjeff · 05-01-2007, 01:34 PM

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-b...orl-home-promo

Yay! I always hate it when I end up in a room that has been smoked in. I know it sounds weird but when I am in a smokey hotel room my ears actually hurt...sometimes for days after

I've never been a big fan of government bans on smoking because it clashes with my "rights of the property owner" idealogy; but I am sure glad when a private organization does.

Morrigoon · 05-01-2007, 01:37 PM

I imagine the people most hurt by this are in the lower affordability brackets anyway, so it probably won't impact Disney's business *too* much. And the added appeal to non- and anti-smokers of having a relatively smoke-free resort to take their families to. Good move.

Oh... except the European market may feel the pinch a bit. But perhaps Disney would rather they go to DLP anyway?

blueerica · 05-01-2007, 03:21 PM

Do they have a plan in place to charge those who do smoke in the rooms, even if it's "not permitted"?

I can't tell you how many times (pretty much almost every time) I've booked a non-smoking room (and I'm not talking Vegas here) that's smelled like someone had smoked in it. How do they actually plan to stop it. Humans are notorious for "not caring" when an addiction is at stake.

MickeyLumbo · 05-01-2007, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by blueerica

Do they have a plan in place to charge those who do smoke in the rooms, even if it's "not permitted"?

Humans are notorious for "not caring" when an addiction is at stake.

they tend to care when their pockey book is at stake. Guests who smoke in a designated non-smoking room (all rooms Resort-wide) will be liable for the cost of cleaning draperies, carpeting, furniture and linens PLUS the daily rack (not a discount) rate per night for the length of time the room cannot be sold.

Alex · 05-01-2007, 07:27 PM

So far, the industry experience (from what I hear; maybe Disney is doing so at DL) is that very few hotels follow through on charging the rates (as said you get into that proof thing and when a credit card payment is stopped it is the whole thing not just the added charge).

I don't care if my rooms smells of smoke. So I'm staying one night and leave the next day. It'll probably smell of smoke just about as much. I didn't complain. The person after me does. Who do they charge?

And if I'm ever a maid in such an establishment I'm going to light up in every poorly tipping room.

If the hotel does charge the $500 I wonder if they actually perform the "deep cleaining" that supposedly warrants the money?

Capt Jack · 05-01-2007, 03:37 PM

they need to start selling nic patches at the front gate. they work wonders for me.

BarTopDancer · 05-01-2007, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Capt Jack

they need to start selling nic patches at the front gate. they work wonders for me.

I tried the patch but it was too hard to keep lit.

Ponine · 05-01-2007, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

Yay! I always hate it when I end up in a room that has been smoked in. I know it sounds weird but when I am in a smokey hotel room my ears actually hurt...sometimes for days after

I am right there with you. Nothing more annoying than asking for a non-smoking room, and fidning out it USED to be a smoking room, or that there are no non-smoking rooms left.

Doesnt affect my ears, but my eyes will just feel as if they are on fire.

And the nic patch thing.... whatever.
They arent supposed to be a crutch, they were intended as a tool I thought.

Capt Jack · 05-01-2007, 03:56 PM

a crutch, under the right circumstances, is indeed a tool

lashbear · 05-01-2007, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Capt Jack

a crotch, under the right circumstances, is indeed a tool

You said it !!

05-01-2007, 01:34 PM	#1
sleepyjeff Go Hawks Go! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parkrose Posts: 2,632	WDW Resorts say Bye-bye to Smoking! http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-b...orl-home-promo Yay! I always hate it when I end up in a room that has been smoked in. I know it sounds weird but when I am in a smokey hotel room my ears actually hurt...sometimes for days after I've never been a big fan of government bans on smoking because it clashes with my "rights of the property owner" idealogy; but I am sure glad when a private organization does. __________________ River Guardian-less
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	I imagine the people most hurt by this are in the lower affordability brackets anyway, so it probably won't impact Disney's business too much. And the added appeal to non- and anti-smokers of having a relatively smoke-free resort to take their families to. Good move. Oh... except the European market may feel the pinch a bit. But perhaps Disney would rather they go to DLP anyway? __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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blueerica Nueve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,497	Do they have a plan in place to charge those who do smoke in the rooms, even if it's "not permitted"? I can't tell you how many times (pretty much almost every time) I've booked a non-smoking room (and I'm not talking Vegas here) that's smelled like someone had smoked in it. How do they actually plan to stop it. Humans are notorious for "not caring" when an addiction is at stake. __________________ Tomorrow is the day for you and me
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05-01-2007, 07:27 PM	#5
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	So far, the industry experience (from what I hear; maybe Disney is doing so at DL) is that very few hotels follow through on charging the rates (as said you get into that proof thing and when a credit card payment is stopped it is the whole thing not just the added charge). I don't care if my rooms smells of smoke. So I'm staying one night and leave the next day. It'll probably smell of smoke just about as much. I didn't complain. The person after me does. Who do they charge? And if I'm ever a maid in such an establishment I'm going to light up in every poorly tipping room. If the hotel does charge the $500 I wonder if they actually perform the "deep cleaining" that supposedly warrants the money?
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Capt Jack check your head Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,174	they need to start selling nic patches at the front gate. they work wonders for me. __________________ a clear conscience is a sure sign of a fuzzy memory
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Capt Jack check your head Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,174	a crutch, under the right circumstances, is indeed a tool __________________ a clear conscience is a sure sign of a fuzzy memory
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